Brands That Disappeared
This once-popular video rental store was famous for Friday night rentals.
What is Blockbuster?
Most cars in the 1960s did NOT have this now-standard safety feature.
What is a seatbelt?
If you wanted to know the weather, you waited for this broadcast source.
What is the Evening News?
This fast-food chain is known for the Big Mac.
What is McDonalds?
This device required you to physically move a needle to select music.
What is a Record Player?
This electronics store chain went bankrupt in the 2000s.
What is RadioShack?
This was the primary way people found directions before GPS.
What is a paper map?
Research required copying information from this type of physical system.
What is encyclopedias?
This soda brand is often associated with Santa Claus in ads.
What is Coca-Cola?
Before voicemail, this was how people recorded messages at home.
What is an answering Machine?
To find news, people waited for this daily delivery.
What is a Newspaper
Airplane tickets were often purchased through this place, not online.
What is a travel agent?
To confirm facts, people often relied on this authority source in homes.
What is books or libraries?
This company makes “Just Do It” a famous slogan.
What is Nike?
This was used to copy documents using heat-sensitive paper.
What is a fax machine?
You had to physically go here to rent a movie.
What is a Video Store
This vehicle was once widely used for long-distance mail delivery in the U.S.
What is a train or postal truck system?
Instant communication across distance was limited to this slow system or phone.
What is mail or landline telephone?
This electronics company created the Walkman and PlayStation.
What is Sony?
This television adjustment required manual turning inside the set itself.
What is a fine-tuning dial or antenna adjustment?
Research for school required this physical place full of books.
What is a Library?
Many families had only one of these vehicles, not one per adult.
What is a family car?
If you missed someone, you had no option except this delayed method.
What is leaving a message with someone / retrying later?
This retail company is known for its “blue box” logo and luxury jewelry.
What is Tiffany & Co.?
Before GPS, drivers sometimes relied on this co-pilot device on long trips.
What is a road atlas or passenger navigator?